The latest edition of Y! Magazine is out – and as usual, it’s a celebration of ideas, issues and culture, headlined by two inspiring Nigerians, the songwriter and musician Timi Dakolo, and beauty entrepreneur and chief executive of House of Tara, Tara Fela-Durotoye. “It’s a special edition that celebrates the continent’s biggest youth platform, The …
The Future Awards Africa recently unveiled its nominees list for its upcoming 2013 event. We are happy to see and note some Ladybrille Woman alumnae on the list: Saran Kaba Jones, Uche Pedro of Bella Naija and Isoken Ogiemwonyi of L’Espace and Le Petit Marche. Ogiemwonyi’s business partner, Wonuola Odunsi, also makes the cut in …
Ladybrille congratulates Supermodel Iman, and Nigeria’s Omoyemi Akerele (Lawyer, Fashion Entrepreneur and Founder of Lagos Fashion & Design Week) for making the list of The Business of Fashion’s (BoF) 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry. See excerpts below. -Uduak Oduok “PARIS, France — Over the past six years, I have had the immense pleasure of …
“Portugal’s biggest retailer Sonae plans to open five food hypermarkets in Angola in partnership with Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the country’s president, with the first scheduled for 2015, a company board member said on Thursday. Foreign players are investing in Angola’s retail market to take advantage of an oil-backed consumption boom in the …
Paul Ndiho on the New Miss Africa USA and Ndimyake’s interviews Kathy Onwu, the new 2013-14 Miss Africa USA. Onwu, whose mother died of breast cancer in 2009, is utilizing the Miss Africa USA platform to raise awareness about the importance of primary prevention and education on breast health. She is a 26-year-old registered nurse …